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Spotlight on Oracle 10.5 - Release Notes

Run a program

Define the program (executable file) to run when the alarm condition is met.

Usually that program is one that you have written to perform a particular task. The task may be a simple action, or may be one that depends on a supplied Spotlight parameter – a value or range of values, or the name of a component or connection.

How to open this dialog

From the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Run a program
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Run program:

  1. Click to browse to the sound file on the computer.

    Tip: Click Preview to play the sound to ensure you have selected the right one.

  2. Select the desired Play sound option.

    Option

    Description

    Program

    Click to browse to the program file on the computer.

    Parameters

    Enter any parameters the program may need to run successfully, or click {} to choose a parameter from the supplied list.
    Test

    Click to test the performance of the selected program.

    Note: The success (or otherwise) of the action depends on your system setup. Spotlight does not monitor the success of the action. We recommend that you test it.

Caution: If the program that runs in response to an alarm is still executing when the alarm fires again, subsequent commands to run the program are ignored until that execution finishes.

 

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